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Monday, August 27, 2012

Design Wall Monday #32 - Journey of a Quilter

I have a big reveal today to share...drum roll please...tada!

These are all my finished blocks for my "Journey Of A Quilter" project! The extremely well written pattern for this quilt is by Leanne Beasley.The stitching on the first block commenced in July 2007, so it took 5 years to finished the 9 blocks! There are a lot of stitches and many memories in this quilt! And I am happy to say that I still love this project today as much as I have since the day I started it...and that doesn't always happen on long term projects (just ask any one of the UFO's in my closet!!)

You can read the long stitching journey documented on my blog by clicking here. I just counted and there were over 181 comments of encouragement and advice left on those blogposts over the last 5 years, and I thank you for every word shared!I will sew the blocks together when my sewing machine returns from the "spa". And then the next part of the journey starts - the quilting. I have been debating about the quilting decision, but have decided that the stitching has taken so long with the embroidery being done by hand, so what is another year or two extra to do the quilting by hand also?!?To see more design walls, hop over to Patchwork Times.And you still have time to enter my Bowls with Borders draw - click here. These are the bowl link ups for today:

OH My Gosh!!! Your "Journey" quilt is so beautiful!!! I wanted so badly to do this one while I was recovering from surgery in 2009, then again in 2010, but when I located a set of the patterns at a shop withing driving distance for me, it was well over $100 for the set and we just didn't have it. BUT, I still drool and dream every time I see a finish of this quilt posted and hope that one day, before the pattern has disappeared, I will be able to get it. Gorgeous, just gorgeous. I love your fabrics too. Any ideas on how you want it quilted yet? Big Hugs...

It's Beautiful Kathy........after watching you do this here and there and now all of it up on the wall...........I think I am going to have to go buy this pattern. I'll take me a while too,(mostly because I have 42 other projects going on at all times). But I want to get it before it's gone.. Maybe in 5-10 years you can come by and see mine. Beautiful colors and stitch work!!

Congratulations! It is not often that a project goes on for so long and still calls to us when it is done. It is a beauty to be sure and well worth the time of hand quilting. Hope you can get the blocks together soon so that you don't have to put it away and get it all back together again when your machine is back.

OMG!!! Congratulations Kathy!!!! That is just SO beautiful!!! You must be doing the Happy Dance in circles :*) I've gone to Leanne's website to get this pattern, but I think she only sells it as a block-of-the-month and only through a quilt store. It's a special quilt you will treasure forever! =^..^=